Articles filed under Commentary
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: Thinking hard about Ukraine war and peace, one year outMar 02, 2023 12:00 am - "Slava Ukraine" is heard in the halls and streets here, especially when President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave a ringing speech to Congress before Christmas. That was House ...
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Guest columnist Bonnie Jean Feldkamp: Did we really elect legislators to police love and belonging?Mar 01, 2023 12:00 am - By Bonnie Jean Feldkamp When my son was in preschool, he had two best buddies who were siblings. One boy. One girl. One day my son told me, "When I grow up, I'm going t...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: The simple solution to the coming demographic challengeMar 01, 2023 12:00 am - Newspapers have been reporting on the demographic challenges in Asian nations like China, Japan and South Korea. Some expect China's population, for example, to be cut i...
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COVID-19 scamdemicFeb 28, 2023 12:00 am - Are you dead? Probably not. You're reading this column. Am I dead? Well, not right now. I'm writing. Of course, by the time you read this, I could be the star of an unde...
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Guest columnist Keith Peterson: Separated from family, Afghan scholar still waiting for U.S. to do the right thingFeb 28, 2023 12:00 am - Eighteen months ago, I wrote about three Afghans who had been awarded Fulbright scholarships and who had managed to leave Afghanistan just as the Taliban fighters were w...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: Give credit to Jimmy CarterFeb 26, 2023 12:00 am - Jimmy Carter, the 39th and the longest-living U.S. president, has chosen to enter hospice care at age 98. This is a good time to try to place his presidency in history. ...
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: Biden and Carter call up LincolnFeb 24, 2023 12:00 am - By Jamie Stiehm Good on you, Joe Biden. You warmed the American presidency as we've known it lately, by visiting Ukraine in the winter of war. The 40-hour secret journe...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: When your audience wants you to lieFeb 23, 2023 12:00 am - By Debra J. Saunders What happens when a news network believes that its viewers want anchors and reporters to lie rather than report the truth? The answer can be gleane...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: The Fetterman dilemmaFeb 22, 2023 12:00 am - John Fetterman was sworn in as senator from Pennsylvania on Jan. 3. On Feb. 8, after 36 days in office, Fetterman was admitted to George Washington University Hospital i...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: John Fetterman's diagnosisFeb 21, 2023 12:00 am - By Susan Estrich He set out to be the senator from Pennsylvania - not a spokesman for people with disabilities, which he unintentionally became after suffering a life-t...